Malagrowther

(Malachi). The signature of Sir Walter Scott to a series
of letters in 1822 contributed to the Edinburgh Review upon the
lowest limitation of paper money to 5. They caused immense sensation,
not inferior to that produced by Drapier's Letters (q.v.) in
Ireland. No political tract, since Burke's Reflections on the French
Revolution, ever excited such a stir in Great Britain.

Malagrowther

(Sir Mungo). An old courtier soured by misfortune, who
tries to make everyone as discontented as himself. (Scott: Fortunes
of Nigel.)